Explore the secrets of building a reliable base for the huts and guest houses mini.

Topics on the construction of huts and small guest houses are in high interest among our portal. After all, hard to find a structure that is more in demand in the construction of houses and the development of an empty plot than the cabins.

Shed used as a place of rest and spend the night. It houses tools and wait out inclement weather. With the right approach from the cabins you can make a mini-home and studio.

As with any construction, manufacturing cabins should start with the development of the project and the calculation of estimates. All the details of this preparatory phase detailed in FORUMHOUSE user with the nickname topic Cosolapyj — "Proper cabins". After studying it, you get satisfactory answers to most questions related to the construction of an independent frame cabins.

Having defined the project, proceed to the first construction stage - construction of the foundation. What reason to choose a shed? Three main options. The first - a classic - to put the shed on the full-bodied peskotsementnye blocks.

The second - to go by way of experiment - to put a shed on beushnye tires.

Such a foundation is often used in swampy areas and heaving soils. For instance, it put the frame houses and even garages. article "The foundation of the tires' We talked about all the nuances of the construction of this type of substrate.

The third - to use a pile foundation.

Each type of foundation has both pluses and minuses. Although the cabins - it is easy construction, not worth saving on its basis. Therefore, in order not to become the section of Default "Repair and reconstruction of foundations", Remember this rule: approach to the construction of the foundation for the cabins should be based on the principles of building the base for full-size home.

First, determine with the type of soil on the site, elevation changes and the level of groundwater.

Trying to make a foundation for the shed, as "the neighbor," can lead to the fact that each season building will have a jack to eliminate bias due vypertyh or gone into the land of concrete blocks.

Of course, raise the shed easier than the jack home, but did the right thing so that it did not have to deal with. Avoid the "pitfalls" can be, if we use the practical experience of our users.

Tatka5 (User FORUMHOUSE)

I read a lot of topics, to learn about the construction of huts. I can not determine the choice of foundation. In most cases, those who build, write that put the cabins on concrete foundation blocks. I began to look for the blocks and fell into a stupor. Foundation blocks such small dimensions as shown on the photos, I have not found. I see only large and expensive units PBS, which are used in the construction of houses. What to do?

FBS - a solid foundation block (or other variant of decoding - wall). Depending on their size and density of the concrete, this unit can weigh from 380 to 1960 kg. Accordingly, when building site huts not required blocks with such dimensions and weight characteristics. Need a smaller unit. For example, the block mark PBS 4-2-2 where LxBxH (length, width and height) are: 390h190h190 mm. The weight of this unit - about 36-38 kg.

Cosolapyj (User FORUMHOUSE)

These blocks are also called foundation stones for manual laying. You can get out of the situation like this: buy paving tiles 50h50h5 / 60h60h6 cm, and on top of it we place on paving slabs smaller.

v. pchelin (User FORUMHOUSE)

These blocks are also called peskotsementnymi. You can also use old tires. To do this, fill it from the inside (tightly packed) sand.

On top of the tire is paving tiles or put a block FBS 4-2-2. Concrete block to adhere to the tile (or tie together multiple blocks) also use a tile adhesive.

Choosing blocks for the foundation cabins, remember that they will be in contact with the ground, and they are exposed to the adverse effects of moisture. Therefore, we do not use materials subject vlagonakopleniyu, namely gas, expanded clay and foam concrete blocks.

In the case where the base used for peskotsementnye blocks with voids, they are filled with mortar or concrete.

Another option could be to manufacture columns of bricks or independent foundation block casting into formwork.

OlegN (User FORUMHOUSE)

I propose to take a plastic bucket at 10-15 liters. For example, after the remaining construction of paint, food, etc. The main thing that the buckets were the same height. Purchases cement bag, 4 bags of sand + water. All that interfere in the bucket at the rate: 1 part of cement take 4 parts of sand and 0.5 water. Giving the mixture to dry and obtain a homemade peskotsementny unit.

Making home-made blocks, remember that it is not necessary to add to the mix a lot of water, as they like to do novice developers, bringing it to the consistency of sour cream. This will lead to a significant reduction in branded concrete strength. For the best casting department on the form, you can lubricate the bucket wall mining. Also, pre-calculate the economic feasibility of self-made blocks. It may be that the cheaper (and faster time) will buy prefabricated blocks.

The next most important concern of our users - how deep to dig a hole for installation of blocks, how to prepare the foundation and what should be the cake layers.

ParkerRich (User FORUMHOUSE)

I'm confused. Should or should not pour the rubble under the sand bed when laying the blocks? What must come first, and that - then sand / gravel or gravel / sand?

KirkDouglas (User FORUMHOUSE)

In my opinion, for such light structures like cabins, the main task of the "cushion" - to provide the same density under each pillar. First, remove the topsoil. It is about 20-30 cm. Then fill the sand. We shed it and ramming. I have not showered rubble.

On the heaving soils adhere to the following rule - do not bury concrete footings in the ground. Remove only "plodorodku". Further blanketed excavated hole (approximately 1h1h0.3 m) geotextile (it is necessary to separate the layers) and sypem sand, i.e. replace heaving soils to nepuchinisty.

igor2167 (User FORUMHOUSE)

I put the shed on brick columns. Bed of sand made of geotextile.

Torneb (User FORUMHOUSE)

When installing cabins I did without sand. I used only for PACs geotextile (sand-gravel mixture). And in my gravel mixture was more than sand. It's even better because Pillow trudnoszhimaemoy. Bungalow stands on a paving stone and tile. Spring checked her level, everything remains as it was before the installation.

Another part of the user and offers to use sand and gravel. Pie in this case may be:

• Remove the sod over the entire area under the shed.
• We spread a geotextile.
• Fall asleep playground sand. Align, we shed and ramming.
• Fall asleep rubble.
• Mark up the space for the installation of the columns.
• Put a paving slab.
• To tile glue blocks FBS.

To reduce the cost can be limited only to the removal of topsoil and local digging pits with sand and crushed stone "cushion" under the blocks.

Gagauzia (User FORUMHOUSE)

The pit sypem sand. Aligned with and ramming by pouring, so that the layer thickness was about 10-15 cm. Further rubble fall asleep thickness of 20-25 cm.

If on a large height difference, it is in a waterlogged area, or the ground heaving heavily, the output can be the production of pile foundation. To learn how to do it, including soil drilling process, the production of home-made formwork and reinforcement cage, is told in the article "Erect rostverkovy pile-foundation".

The topics FORUMHOUSE can learn all the details the construction of the guest house on pile foundationAs well as to get acquainted with a photo report on the Construction of frame cabins.

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